Metapaintings are paintings about “painting”. They are often playful, enigmatic and walk a middle-ground between subject and object, realism and illusion, surface and depth, signifier and signified. I see them as philosophical cartoons about “Art”. I often have a clear image of a Metapainting in my mind before I paint it. In some paintings I have included the artist’s hands or a paint brush to explore the ambiguity of “painting” as both object and active verb.
These tend to have a more tentative, unfinished, exploratory feel that I like. They are obviously speculative. They often have a “subjective view” so that the viewer fits right into the painting like putting on a pair of gloves. Metapaintings deal with ideas about Art, Art Therapy, and the subjective life of the artist.
-Michael de Gruchy Haslam
Principles of Art, 2009
mixed media and acrylic on canvas, 36” x 48”
$4800
What it is like to be Elvin Jones, 2002
acrylic on canvas, 60” x 48”
$3800 - SOLD
Sky Should Be Blue, No?, 2001
mixed media on canvas, 48” x 30”
$5000
Hot Action Painting, 2000
mixed media on canvas, 30” x 48”
SOLD
I See a Red Door, 2000
acrylic on canvas, 30” x 48”
SOLD
Flying Shamans, 1999
red ochre and acrylic on canvas, 30” x 48”
SOLD
Paleolithic Painting, 1999
acrylic on canvas, 30” x 48”
SOLD
Painting in Lynn Valley, 1998
acrylic on canvas, 30” x 48”
$3600
The Artist does Life, 1997
acrylic on canvas, 24” x 48”<.br>
SOLD
Les Danseuses dans le Temple, 1997
acrylic on canvas, 30” x 48”
SOLD
Ambidextrous Painting, 1997
acrylic on canvas, 30” x 48”
SOLD
Buffalo Bungalow, 1998
acrylic on canvas, 24” x 48”
SOLD
Creative Crisis, 1997
acrylic on canvas, 24” x 48”
SOLD
Motel Pennant Race, 1997
acrylic on canvas, 30” x 48”
SOLD